Hamas representative in Iran Khalid al-Qoddoumi underlined that the incumbent US president, Barack Obama, has supported Israel and Zionist lobby more than any of his predecessors.

“Obama has supported the Zionist regime the most despite (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s hatred for the United States’ black president,” Qoddoumi said, addressing a book unveiling ceremony at FNA in Tehran on Saturday.

He reiterated that the US has used its right of veto to support Israel against the Palestinian nation.

Qoddoumi called on the US politicians to save their country from further influence of the Zionist lobby.

He said that the Zionist lobby has played an important role in influencing the nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany), adding, “The Zionist regime had been involved in the assassination of Iran’s nuclear scientists.”

In August, a senior Iranian foreign ministry official blasted the US for following the policies of the Zionist lobby and certain Arab rulers in the nuclear talks with Tehran.

Foreign Ministry Advisor Mohammad Kazzem Sajjadpour said the nuclear talks between Iran and the six big powers in Geneva revealed that US government lacks necessary independence for making decisions.

“It has become clear that the US government is indeed following decisions made by the Zionist lobby and certain Arab states,” he said.

Sajjadpour called on Washington to “reconsider its approach towards Tehran and accept Iran as an independent and powerful country”.

The United States and Iran broke diplomatic relations in April 1980, after Iranian students seized the United States’ espionage center at its embassy in Tehran. The two countries have had tense relations ever since, but have shown willingness to attend talks to help resolve regional issues, including security in Iraq. Yet, the two countries have avoided talks on bilateral issues for the last thirty years.

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